Murray Park Historic Archway "Over the Cottonwoods"

Finished historic archway project for Sesquicentenial celebration. Installed July 1, 1997. Various metals were used to fabricate the gateway. The base is made of corten steel and the sculpted buildings and figures made from steel, copper, brass, and wire screens. Description of artwork: East side (left to right): the first pioneers settled in the Murray area which was originally called South Cottonwood. 2. Cahoon Mansion & Street Clock 3. Automobile - transportation began to grow after the turn of the century and for many years moved alongside the trolley tracks. 4. Carnegie Library - better known as the Vine St. Library built in 1916 with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie. Murray Street Laundry (see west side) 5. State St. Trolley 6. Harker Building and Murray Mercantile were built side by side in 1898. 7. Street Lights were some of the first improvements added by the newly incorporated city. 8. Cooperative Stores were common in the early days of the community when the settlers would trade their own crops and produce for things they needed. City Hall (see west side) Smelter Building and stacks (see west side) 9. Pioneer Family and Adobe Home represent the early settlers. 10. 1902 - residents voted to incorporate as Murray City. West Side (Left to right): Adobe Home (see east side) 11. Smelter Building and Stacks represent one of the most notable visual landmarks in the Salt Lake Valley. 12. Farmers Plowing With Horse represents the agricultural element that was present in Murray for many years. 13. City Hall was built in 1908 on the northeast corner of Vine and State Street. 14. Firemen stand around a fire truck ready to serve the public. Harker Building and Murray Mercantile (see east side) 15. Day Murray Music began operating in 1947 in the former Waverly building which was built in 1897. 16. Murray Laundry began operating south of our current city hall in 1910. In the 1930s it was moved further south. Automobile (see east side) 17. Murray Theater opened its doors to the public with a community parade in October 1938 and featured classic films such as "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind". 18. TRAINS arrived in Murray via the Utah Southern Railroad in 1871 and the Denver and Rio Grande arriving in . Cahoon Mansion (see east side) 19. TREES were located mostly along the Cottonwood Creeks when the first settlers arrived, but were slowly added throughout the area by the early farmers. Groves of trees were planted in the area which now comprises Murray Park. In the 1950s, the city began a formal tree planting program and has received the distinction of tree city for many years.